Monday, September 17, 2012

This past Friday night Mrs. Grumpy was out with a friend. So, in the tradition of single dads everywhere, I took the kids out for a gourmet meal at Costco.

This is a surprisingly complex task that involves juggling orders for hot dogs, pizza, chicken bakes, ice cream, churros, and drinks in your head, while sending the kids on a seek-and-destroy mission to find an open table and hope they don't kill an old man eating a hot dog and hide his body under a 50 lbs. bag of dog food in the process.

I found myself in line behind a lady who was torturing the poor 16 year-old kid working the counter, and got to hear this:

Ms. Food: "I can't decide between the pizza or a hot dog."

Counter Guy: "Okay, do you want someone to go ahead of you?"

Ms. Food: "No... Which one has more calories?"

Counter Guy: "Um, not sure... I can look it up."

Ms. Food: "Well, I want something low-calorie."

Counter Guy: "Well, the salad has fewer than either of them."

Ms. Food: "Okay... I'll take a hot dog, with a piece of cheese pizza."

Why did you bother to actually buy dinner there? I tend to time my Costco shopping to when they are giving out the free sample and wow, can I get filled up! It's even better in November and December when the free samples include wine and cheese...

wow. i LOVE how people keep jumping to the conclusion that this woman was obese. just cause she ordered 2 things does not necessarily mean that they were both for her. Maybe she got the pizza for herself and the hot dog for her kid that was also trying to find a table. or maybe they WERE both for her. like you people have never done that. and don't try to deny it...you know you have. hypocrites.

I have never in my life heard of someone going to Costco *just* to eat food. I've heard of people doing it while shopping there, but not going just to eat the junk there.

Also, yeah, some of your commenters are real doozies. Of course if someone eats a lot, they must weigh 900 lbs. Just like the people who meet me and wonder why I weigh twice what they do and eat half as much.

Sorta like the K-Mart breakfast thing we had going Sunday mornings, until K-Mart closed. The waitress was nice, the coffee was hot, the newspaper was free, there was no T.V. on, and kids could be as rambunctious as they wanted, so they weren't. I remember when it was a treat for my son when his Daddy took him to K-mart for breakfast when I was working.

We kept doing it for a while after K-mart closed, but it wasn't the same. We'd climb in through an open window around the back. The waitress wasn't around any more, the coffee was cold and started to get moldy after a couple of weeks, and I got tired of reading the same copy of the newspaper that was sitting there. My son changed his name and joined the army as soon as he turned 18

"I have never in my life heard of someone going to Costco *just* to eat food. I've heard of people doing it while shopping there, but not going just to eat the junk there."

I used to work in a computer store about 100 yards from a Costco. Yeah, lunch at Costco was 2 or 3 times a week. Make a run past all the "Free Sample" ladies, then up front for a $1.50 polish and soda. Was a pretty cheap way to do lunch

Moose, for someone who preaches that people shouldn't make assumptions, you sure do a lot of judging yourself. Either judge others and stop criticizing those who do the same, or criticize others for judging and stop doing it yourself.

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